What's "Gezoi"?

[anubis88]

i was wondering... what does nikophoros mean? i think it's written on the shield of the seleucid thorakitai....
and just out of curiosity... is the "o" in thorakitai an omega or omicron?

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

My educated guess would be "victory carrier".

[anubis88]

My educated guess would be "victory carrier".

Yeah... that would make sense.... didn't put the two words together
shame on me

[Tellos Athenaios]

'Victor'. From the expression (litterally translated) "to carry (away/with you/bring) victory" i.e. "to be victorious".

So in a sense the word says "Ok, you might as well quit now: it's not gonna help you against me."

[Hooahguy]

funny that it still reads that when the banner holder is dead.... along with the entire unit.

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

πεζός (pezos) = on foot

and

ὁ πεζός (o pezos) = infantry

and

οἱ πεζοί (oi pezoi) = foot soldiers

So

"Pezoi" roughly = "infantry soldiers"

[Hax]

Those-guys-too-poor-to-afford-a-horse.

Damn, almost typed "whore" as the last word. Another sign I need a girlfriend soon :p

[Tellos Athenaios]

ὁ πεζός (o pezos) = infantry

Should be 'he pezos' there. As with 'he hippos' i.e. "the cavalry".

[pezhetairoi]

Um, so about the capital Pi, the Greeks used that version in the past? It really does look like a Gamma.

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

Should be 'he pezos' there. As with 'he hippos' i.e. "the cavalry".

Ah thanks. What does the preceeding omikron mean in that sense? I had always seen it that way...